#churches of devon

Churches of Devon: Ottery St Mary Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1829, becoming the town's Methodist church at the 1932 union but closing before 2025.

Churches of Devon: the Parish Church of St Gregory the Great, Harpford, potentially stands on the side of a wooden Saxon construction, which was replaced by a small, simple stone Norman church from which the base of the font survives.

Churches of Devon: Holy Trinity Old Church, Bicton, only survives as a small tower and some 'planned' ruins, having been replaced in 1850 and turned into a romantic ruin, in part by Nicholas Pugin.

Churches of Devon: the Church of St Francis of Assisi, Middle Woolbrook, Sidmouth, is shown already in place on the OS 25-inch map of 1892-1914, despite a date of the 1930s being given for its founding.

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Churches of Devon: Brixington Community Church was founded as Brixington Free Church (Baptist) when the estate was laid out in the post-war period, but it took years to fund the build.

Churches of Devon: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish Church of Lympstone in Devon became a reality thanks to Reginald Albermarle in the 1200s, although it was rebuilt in the 1300s.

Churches of Devon: the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aylesbeare in East Devon, dates to the thirteenth century, with one Gregory being the first recorded incumbent.